Factory Falls

Factory Falls is a waterfall in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Mount Wismer stands 627 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Fulmer Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97) passes 14 miles off.
The story
There are many waterfalls in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a national recreation area managed by the National Park Service in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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Wikidata Q5428766, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 14.1 mi off the Upper Delaware Scenic Byway (Route 97)
- 20.0 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
- 23.6 mi off the Delaware River Valley
- 28.2 mi off the Warren Heritage Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Park Avenue Observatory · 15 mi
- Lifting Rocks Overlook · 16 mi
- Pinwheel Vista · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- George W. Childs Park: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Akenac Park: 2.2 mi
- North Lake Park: 2.7 mi
- Dingman Township Park: 5.0 mi
- Little Bald Hill: 4.2 mi
- Bald Hill: 4.7 mi
- Pow Wow Hill: 4.7 mi
- Indian Point: 4.8 mi
- Round Hill: 5.4 mi
- Peter's Corners: 9.5 mi
- Japanese Sika Deer: 11.6 mi
- Family Entertainment Area: 12.6 mi
- Agricultural Area: 12.7 mi
- Outdoor Entertainment Area: 12.7 mi
- Gold Key Beach: 5.8 mi
- PWLPOA Beach: 6.4 mi
- Kittatinny Lake Beach: 7.7 mi
- Kittattiny Beach: 7.7 mi
- Stokes Beach: 7.9 mi
- Dwarfskill Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Cornelia and Florence Bridge Preserve: 8.5 mi
- Blair Creek Preserve: 11.6 mi
- State Game Lands Number 209: 13.7 mi
- Maple Hill Preserve: 15.9 mi
- Delaware Cemetery Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Dingman's Ferry: 2.6 mi
- Layton, New Jersey: 5.0 mi
- Old Mine Road: 5.1 mi
- Millville Historic District: 8.9 mi
- Fulmer Falls: 0.0 mi
- Deer Leap Falls: 0.1 mi
- Dingmans Falls: 1.4 mi
- Silverthread Falls: 1.6 mi
- Lower Indian Ladder Falls: 3.0 mi
- Rosenkrans House and Museum: 5.8 mi
- The Columns Museum of the Pike County Historical Society: 8.7 mi
- Snook Agricultural Museum: 12.7 mi
- Pocono Indian Museum: 13.4 mi
- Historic Society of Stillwater Township: 14.0 mi
- The Smith-Harker Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Founder's Park: 12.8 mi
- Labyrinth Garden: 19.1 mi
- Knowlton Township Butterfly Garden: 21.6 mi
- Muriel's Garden: 21.8 mi
- The Cliff: 6.4 mi
- Pike Rock: 11.9 mi
- Ridgefield Point: 15.5 mi
- Indian Head: 21.2 mi
- Indian Ladder: 21.4 mi
- Toms Creek Recreation Site: 7.9 mi
- Pecks Pond Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Robin Cove Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
- Hialeah Recreation Site: 17.6 mi
- Gourmet Gallery Outdoor Seating: 17.8 mi
- Pike Welcome Center: 13.6 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Eastbound: 17.1 mi
- Greenville Text Stop Westbound: 17.2 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Eastbound: 17.8 mi
- Pike County Rest Area Westbound: 17.8 mi
- Conashaugh: 4.2 mi
- Eshback: 5.8 mi
- Waterloo Village: 23.8 mi
- Glass Tentacles: 4.5 mi
- Buffalo Statue: 11.7 mi
- Rock Maze: 17.1 mi
- Artesian Spring: 9.4 mi
- Fountain of Youth: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Factory Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wismer | W 270° | 627 m | 17.4 mi |
| High Knob | WNW 292° | 624 m | 11.6 mi |
| Low Knob | WNW 296° | 607 m | 11.8 mi |
| West Hill | WNW 294° | 605 m | 12.6 mi |
| West Mountain | W 271° | 605 m | 17.0 mi |
| Middle Mountain | W 270° | 599 m | 18.7 mi |
| Chestnut Mountain | W 264° | 592 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mud Pond Mountain | WNW 283° | 582 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:55 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:22 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:50 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Matamoras, 15 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Jan, Mar–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 18.8 | 15.5 | 23.2 | 20.8 | 16.0 | 11.6 | 9.9 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 21.8 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Little Bush Kill at Edgemere, PA, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/4740415468
Day trips start here
- Sussex County · 12 mi
- Pocono Mountains · 23 mi
- Warren County · 24 mi
- Lake Hopatcong · 25 mi
- Skylands · 25 mi
- Hackettstown · 27 mi
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